My DA*50-135 has worked a very rainy wedding or two. It has played in other inclement conditions.
During a photography workshop, that same 50-135 took a shower in a sink after it and the K20D to which it was attached received a bath of fizzy, sticky root beer. I rushed into the ladies room to wash off the soda. (BTW, you would have loved the expression on the face of the photographer carrying Canon gear when she saw me shove the gear under running water. My face was probably priceless, too, because she nearly scared me half to death by yelling, "What are you doing?!") I've not tested the weather seals so severely again. Yonnie On Sat, Dec 28, 2013 at 9:10 PM, Joseph McAllister <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Dec 28, 2013, at 18:35 , Bruce Walker wrote: > >> Joe, looks like you've been missing out on a very useful feature of >> your lenses. :-) > > I actually do use my bodies and lenses in the Pacific Northwest Drizzleshine, > but have stayed away from pouring rain, freezing cold, blowing dust & sand, > and temps over 85° F. Not because of the equipment's limitations, but mine. > :) And realizing my own inability to realize just which camera and lens I am > shooting with. > > I do recall the YouTube videos of the K5 and lenses in a shower, still > working, back in the day. [K7? Don't remember.] > >> If the 16-50 wasn't weather resistant, mine would be very dead by now. >> And my 50-135 has also been out in all kinds of wet weather, including >> snow and most recently freezing drizzle. > > See the above. > >> That "WR" designation first showed up on the D-FA 100mm macro I >> believe. It's a much more recent marketing finesse anyway. > > My D-FA 100mm ƒ2.8 Macro has a hard plastic mating surface to the camera, and > no mention of WR on the body or box. > Ser. #5826425 49mm filter. Clamp on-off sw. > > I consider it a poor substitute that my insurance co. gave me for my sleek FA > 100mm Macro. > > > Joseph McAllister > [email protected] > -- > I couldn't remember most of what I know today > if it weren't for others sharing their knowledge > of my past on the Internet. Thank you… > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
